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Where does “piaggiare” come from?

piaggiare (Italian) comes from Italian piaggia, from Medieval Latin plagia, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

piaggiare (Italian): to fawn, flatter, adulate; to beguile with...

Definitions

  1. to fawn, flatter, adulate; to beguile with...

Ancestry of “piaggiare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpiaggiastretch of sloping terrain, slope; stretch of...
2Medieval Latinplagia—
3Latinplāga—
4Latinplagius—
5Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
6Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “piaggiare”

  • piaggiamento
  • piaggeria
  • piaggiatore
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